Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
LILY TOMLINMan invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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What if it’s boring – or if it’s not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
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I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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